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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • We spoke with Pink Floyd founder, stadium-filling solo artist, and activist Roger Waters about Donald Trump and COVID19, his postponed tour, John Prine, a failed Pink Floyd peace meeting, and aging artists on tour.
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  • @Jasonpkring
    @Jasonpkring 4 года назад +273

    Waters is passionate, intelligent, and wise. He can be brutal and eloquent in the same sentence, and provides a very succinct, and accurate, description of how the ruling class maintains the status quo for their own benefit. Thank you, Roger, for not staying quiet.

    • @mofiguy76
      @mofiguy76 4 года назад +6

      $2,000 for a front row seat at his canceled Pittsburgh concert! Plus Pink Floyd's songs are 'HIS' songs? No wonder Gilmour and Mason nixed lets be pals again. Hypocrite!

    • @harrygoodchild4563
      @harrygoodchild4563 4 года назад +17

      @@mofiguy76 well in my opinion waters is a superior songwriter to gilmour and the others and he wrote some of the best floyd had to offer in my opinion if he wrote the songs they are his.

    • @mofiguy76
      @mofiguy76 4 года назад +12

      Roger Waters will forever be the group’s lyrical genius and thematic mastermind, Gilmour brought a stronger (and more versatile) voice, a knack for memorable melodies and guitar skills that place him among the greatest players of all time.
      In easy to understand terms. Waters would not be where he is now without Gilmour. Comfortably Numb was the song that created the split between Gilmour and Waters. (That and when waters said he was leaving the band and the other 3 decided to stay together as Pink Floyd and Waters took them to court saying they couldn't be called 'Pink Floyd'. After a 2 year court battle, the judge ruled the 3 remaining band members could continue on as Pink Floyd and Roger Waters was 'NOT' Pink Floyd'.) Each had their own version. Gilmour's version was more Rock and Roll. Waters version was the typical depressing lyrics. The WALL Producer Bob Ezrin took both tapes of what each thought the song should sound like back to NYC. Ezin put together a master tape that included what he thought were the pest parts and that is what is on the album. If either were not in Pink Floyd, it wouldn't be the same Pink Floyd that was.

    • @BernieHolland-w4l
      @BernieHolland-w4l 4 года назад +5

      @@mofiguy76 have a look at the video link - in particular from 5:19 - 6:07 - this is what is important here - this is why Assange is in jail - and this is why Roger is doing his best to help him - as for Pink Floyd, I have never been a fan and I have no knowledge of the relationships that might exist at the moment between the members - furthermore I couldn't care less about who is pissed off with who over money and songwriting royalties. I would imagine that of the three remaining original members, Roger is the only one who has taken both personal and financial risks because of the principles that he refuses to compromise. I am sure that there are people in the US State Department who would like to see Waters in jail with Assange and I am equally sure that Roger has invested more of his money than either Gilmour or Mason in pursuing his firmly held belief that this is an issue of freedom of speech, not just for Assange, but for all whistle blowers and investigative journalists who dare reveal the war crimes of powerful states. Take a look - and think it over - best wishes to you !
      ruclips.net/video/Af5jP5UYKLg/видео.html

    • @stanh8071
      @stanh8071 4 года назад

      @@mofiguy76 but they are HIS songs

  • @michaelsands6665
    @michaelsands6665 4 года назад +182

    Could really use The Wall live concert from back in the day in these times of lockdown. Please finally release it, roger.

    • @drwhowho
      @drwhowho 4 года назад +5

      a youtube search will get you many vids

    • @peterberg8417
      @peterberg8417 4 года назад +11

      Which one are you talking about? The live wall concert from around 1980 has been on cd since the early 2000s

    • @drwhowho
      @drwhowho 4 года назад +10

      @@peterberg8417 the live wall, from 1980 was never officially released...but it's on youtube, as well as the most recent versions 1980 full show ruclips.net/video/1nA3bI_V1fM/видео.html

    • @floydfanatics9965
      @floydfanatics9965 4 года назад +23

      @@drwhowho There are many vids, but Roger has the 4K scans

    • @clivedarwell5732
      @clivedarwell5732 4 года назад +2

      I also need cheering up

  • @kristiwilkerson8947
    @kristiwilkerson8947 4 года назад +31

    Best interview I ve seen in yrs. Roger seems to be the only one who knows whats going on and speaks his mind at the same time! Fabulous. Thank u Roger!!!

  • @yurik1068
    @yurik1068 4 года назад +56

    One of my favorite human beings ever, I'm so honored to be living in and sharing the same era that this magnificent artist is living in.

    • @hannahkeene1647
      @hannahkeene1647 3 года назад

      That made my eyes water. Oh me too, me too ❤

  • @doctari1061
    @doctari1061 4 года назад +130

    Roger Waters is one of the extremely few entertainers that actually is an intellectual and when he speaks his mind, in any medium, is actually worth listening to and spending time processing the message he’s trying to relay. His thinking is built on a platform of academically reasoned constructs instead of the typical vacuous opinions of almost all other entertainers who are mostly shallow narcissists trying to reflect the opinions of someone or something they saw on TV and have no comprehension of what they’re talking about.
    You might disagree with what Waters says, but he would also be the first person to encourage you to do just that, provided your counter-arguments are also well founded and academically sound. He’s not an academic, he is the platform and means through which academic concepts can get translated into something the man-on-the-street can visualize and process, and he has the reach that academics can never achieve. When Waters talks, people should take the time to listen and actually contemplate what he’s saying. Waters is in the .1% of the 1 % of entertainers actually worth listening to for his opinions.
    It’s truly a shame that he and Gilmour couldn’t continue their collaboration. Gilmour’s music was what made Pink Floyd go the distance, and Waters educational and sometimes prophetic lyrics were carried along on the ocean of sound that flowed from Gilmour’s hands. Together, they were greater than the sum of their individual parts. The only other two that had that level of integration were Lennon and McCartney. Partners like that come along so rarely that we haven’t seen the likes again in 50 years. We were lucky beyond all luck to have had two sets of partners during our lifetime. I hope our children will get the chance to witness even “one” such collaboration in their lifetime. Unfortunately, great partnerships like these two are as rare as Halley’s comet.

    • @newforestpixie5297
      @newforestpixie5297 4 года назад +3

      My 20 yr old daughters’ fella is a ‘ normal 25 yr old ‘ guy , uses all the current media and works as a manager at a chain Italian Restaurant - they play current music but on entering the kitchen the other night , Dark Side was playing . “ They are Unbelievable “ he said to me in a Revered tone...so indeed their music is still enjoyed and respected. I can’t stand the overplaying of “ classic rock “ music at the expense of all the undiscovered old and new music but PF at least - and CRASS amongst others had the knack of making folks take a sideways look at how The System is controlling everyone to their disadvantage. Although PF are a tad more accessible ! Let’s face it , The Final Cut and Mother of a Thousand Dead share exactly the same subject matter 🏴🙄❤️from Wessex

    • @ovaisnaqvi1965
      @ovaisnaqvi1965 4 года назад +1

      Doc Tari very well said

    • @blakewitte8047
      @blakewitte8047 4 года назад

      this is an entirely pretentious take on waters; however, i more or less agree with you.

    • @blakewitte8047
      @blakewitte8047 4 года назад

      @@newforestpixie5297 i enourage you to view the youth as not quite so deft and impersonal. people of all ages recognize what is right, without fail.

    • @iantheorem
      @iantheorem 4 года назад +2

      I love the man with all my being and every breath of my lungs

  • @vashna3799
    @vashna3799 4 года назад +112

    He’s Paul McCartney’s equal as a musical conceptualist. And Lennon’s as a lyricist. Massive talent.

    • @brianlepley263
      @brianlepley263 3 года назад +2

      You shan't compare a beetle with a stink bug. No one holds their nose when observing a Beatle. But a dung Beatle causes such a stink to those whom are truly affected by the words will either make a change or walk away. So who stopped the payment on your reality check?

    • @brianlepley263
      @brianlepley263 3 года назад

      This Waters is a poet fed- up with the capitalist "pigs" and the back-peddaling of the politics of North America as they'll say one thing and do another. How dare you have an opinion! Especially the U.nited S.ocialists in A.rms!!

    • @roguescoop
      @roguescoop 3 года назад +9

      Ummm, he's a far greater "musical conceptionalist" than McCartney, not his "equal." And he's a greater artistic genius overall.

    • @roguescoop
      @roguescoop 3 года назад +6

      He also blows Lennon away as a lyricist (and yes, I do know that Roger is a big Lennon fan).

    • @vashna3799
      @vashna3799 3 года назад +3

      @@roguescoop no Beatles, no Pink Floyd period. Just remember who influenced who.

  • @Rebecca-pr4zp
    @Rebecca-pr4zp 4 года назад +72

    Roger is a 75 years old young man, geniuos, funny, beautiful human
    being, take care so much see you
    next year at This Is Not A Drill,
    I love you Rog, thank's for fighting
    for Julian Assange freedom ❤

    • @CaptWalker
      @CaptWalker 4 года назад

      Well i pride myself on keeping up with these stories so am actually a bit surprised that i have never heard of this guy(Assange) but guess maybe i have been a bit too focused on the rampant Christian persecution in other 3rd world nations, or wherever people/citizens are just too weak too stand up against those in power, such as those stories covered on an almost daily basis at Persecution.org...(but just to be clear, i know everyone has the right to support any cause they so choose, or to ignore any others.)

  • @thegusb1
    @thegusb1 4 года назад +10

    Great interview, Roger speaking from the heart as always and not afraid to speak his truth, well done.

  • @toolooselitrek
    @toolooselitrek 3 года назад +3

    "Most people can sit by a brook and look at a Buttercup and hear a Skylark and feel an upwelling of joy in their hearts."......THIS is what I take from this and THIS IS LOVE!!!!! Thank you Roger!!!!

  • @glenbridge6992
    @glenbridge6992 4 года назад +27

    For an elderly gent Roger looks fantastic, sharp as a knife too 👍

    • @goesjem
      @goesjem 3 года назад +1

      He is a knob! A talented knob haha

  • @paulsummerside
    @paulsummerside 4 года назад +19

    He ought to do an album called “its funny you should say that”. It’s becoming a catch phrase of Roger Waters during this interview.
    Great interview. Mr Waters has this marvellous ability to talk outspokenly, what many of us would balk at sharing with such venom so openly.👍

  • @oldwave6106
    @oldwave6106 4 года назад +125

    Roger is high in my list of people I’d like to sit and chat with for an evening, drink some wine, have a meal and share ideas.

    • @gabkoost
      @gabkoost 4 года назад +9

      About communism while looking down at the poor from his LA mountain mansion ?

    • @jupitermoongauge4055
      @jupitermoongauge4055 4 года назад +13

      @@gabkoost what makes you think he is a communist, your inherent stupidity, or your inherent bigotry ?

    • @peterwright5249
      @peterwright5249 4 года назад +1

      Old wave really 😂😂😂😂 suppose you both could sit there all night slagging if trump at least

    • @nagaslrac
      @nagaslrac 4 года назад +11

      @@gabkoost Negative comments on videos of people you don't like makes ya feel good, doesn't it?
      Nothing wrong with your mental health.
      btw, how many millions have you given to charity?

    • @briano.5746
      @briano.5746 4 года назад +4

      A lot of people don't like Roger at all because he speaks truth.
      I love that freakin' guy because of that fact!
      I just referred to Trumpty Dumpty as the Queen Ant giving subliminal messages to his worker drones to Liberate the States that aren't Republican run. And then in this interview, he kind used the same analogy. That f#@ked me up a little.

  • @bkm2797
    @bkm2797 4 года назад +74

    Loved this interview, and I fully agree with what Roger has to say. For myself it's been a shocking lesson as to how many aren't getting this, it truly seems like a matrix we are living in, committing the same crimes against humanity over and over. Still want to believe, but it's difficult. Thank you!

    • @LiLi-or2gm
      @LiLi-or2gm 4 года назад +2

      We're living through the most dangerous social "experiment" ever conducted- one that's being run by a mindless chunk of RNA. Good luck, humans- hope we pass the test.

    • @patcola7335
      @patcola7335 4 года назад

      People don't understand the problem with life is our sin.

    • @jameskelman9856
      @jameskelman9856 4 года назад

      It is like a frequency , I believe ! Some us see , here, feel and smell in a particular wave lenght or frequency ! We are currently sensing this wave length but like a radio there is many other wave lengths around us that we can flow into as easy as changing a radio station !

  • @waynetarry8539
    @waynetarry8539 4 года назад +48

    roger please please release THE WALL film from 1980 on DVD / BLUE RAY remastered !

    • @MrJacobrezac
      @MrJacobrezac 4 года назад

      He, David, and Nick would all have to agree for it to be released because there are two different sets of rights going on with the footage and music.

    • @234cheech
      @234cheech 3 года назад

      the footage that is good thares not enough of. and the footage that thares a lot of is not good enough thare was talk about this years ago but thay came to the agrement that a live cd was realesed insted

  • @williambremner9022
    @williambremner9022 4 года назад +8

    For once, an intellectually rich person with something incredibly valuable to voice is interviewed by someone who is capable of extracting great responses and this is not distilled into under 5 minutes of 2020s low-attention-span journalism! Thank RS for posting this and taking the time to allow Waters' to voice his full and complete views on our painfully ugly predicament. Well done!

  • @ElectrofizzStudiosCo
    @ElectrofizzStudiosCo 4 года назад +120

    Guess he sold his story to rolling stone

    • @ArmLiberty
      @ArmLiberty 4 года назад +6

      He gave it away

    • @bigdaz7272
      @bigdaz7272 4 года назад +15

      Would you take the Children away
      And leave me alone?

    • @gerhardhauptmann9939
      @gerhardhauptmann9939 4 года назад

      no

    • @bigdaz7272
      @bigdaz7272 4 года назад +9

      @@gerhardhauptmann9939 And smile in reassurance, As you wisper down the phone?

    • @gerhardhauptmann9939
      @gerhardhauptmann9939 4 года назад

      @@bigdaz7272 I am not familiar with that lyrics. Had to google it to find out it was from the final cut. My last Pink Floyd album was "Wish you were here"...

  • @francescabento1705
    @francescabento1705 4 года назад +4

    Saw you when I was seventeen and here I am again watching you. I admire your genius and how you stuck it all out it's not easy.

  • @deborahjay7958
    @deborahjay7958 4 года назад +8

    Got to admire the consistent level of thoughts and ideas Rogers has shared with us over the years. His enthusiasm is never ending. And I just love his ideas, his lyrics and all his music. Many more years Roger ❤️👍x

  • @davidjacovelli5986
    @davidjacovelli5986 4 года назад +10

    What a joy to hear such an intelligent, forthright and observant rock star as Roger Waters.

  • @cedobbins
    @cedobbins 4 года назад +6

    Very grateful to have seen this and been a fan for all these years...Roger...rock on!

  • @wendynerd1199
    @wendynerd1199 3 года назад +7

    His hair is still magnificent holy shit.

  • @dbo514
    @dbo514 4 года назад +12

    I so love Roger, hope he has many years and great health ahead of him

  • @o.__felixxx
    @o.__felixxx 4 года назад +20

    People bash him for being reach like "what do you know about poverty?" well, at least he's not one of these out of touch celebrities who just live their lifes comfortably inside their mansions and don't say shit about the shit governament we have today.

    • @EnvyBlu
      @EnvyBlu 3 года назад +6

      He also is paying his employees the entire time of the pandemic. So at least Roger puts his money where his mouth is. And he’s actually helping people with his money

    • @katrinawallis-king1540
      @katrinawallis-king1540 3 года назад

      I would also ask, ‘then why do people keep voting for extremely wealthy politicians to represent them, if they feel it’s an issue? ‘ The logic seems a little skewed.

    • @jimmcclain8677
      @jimmcclain8677 3 года назад +1

      Most celebrities are comfortably numb in their Hollywood bubble

    • @fka.climate
      @fka.climate 3 года назад

      I’ll take a true ally wherever I can get them.

  • @luigisingh8317
    @luigisingh8317 4 года назад +6

    Seeing Roger and hearing him speak, as I just passed the 40 day mark of lockdown, put a huge smile on my face!

  • @stonedrose1
    @stonedrose1 4 года назад +37

    Thoroughly enjoyed this. As Orwell said, ‘in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.’

    • @Research0digo
      @Research0digo 4 года назад

      AMEN It wasn't any enemies that drove the 'Israelites' from the area we call Palestine - it was a very pissed of G-d Himself!

    • @patcola7335
      @patcola7335 4 года назад

      @@Research0digo He also brought them back into their land also just like he said he would .

    • @finnbarsnowdrop545
      @finnbarsnowdrop545 4 года назад

      No, Orwell didn't actually say/write that quote. Quick google will explain.

  • @terrencereardon6374
    @terrencereardon6374 8 месяцев назад +2

    At 25:07 I concur with Roger while I disagree on Trump. Reagan and Trump were only two Presidents I enjoyed. I loathed both Bushes, Clinton, Obama and Dementia Joe.

  • @geoycs
    @geoycs 4 года назад +53

    i cant wait to see the show when this is all over. i think "Amused to Death" is an absolute masterpiece.

    • @relentlesscactus
      @relentlesscactus 4 года назад +4

      Greatest theme album ever, and the only one he never performed in its entirety - I'll forever be bummed by that

  • @josephgrumet
    @josephgrumet 2 года назад +3

    He’s come so far emotionally from a young man suing the other members over use of the name he’s actually a great guy extremely intelligent and real

  • @anthonydyke2210
    @anthonydyke2210 4 года назад +14

    Fantastic interview! Roger Waters is just about the only musician I could listen to all day. His passion and honesty is utterly priceless - he's got our sick society totally nailed. I just wish you'd asked him why he hasn't released an official DVD of the 'Us And Them' film. We saw it in the cinema and would love it on DVD. Get it out, Roger, especially in these times.

  • @andrefjbernardo
    @andrefjbernardo 4 года назад +7

    I admire Roger Waters because of what keeps him awake and what makes him get out of bed. Roger Waters is a great reference.
    I'm glad he wasn't awarded commander of the british empire, or something like that.
    Thank you, Roger.

  • @John03140
    @John03140 4 года назад +2

    Wow - 76! Keep going as your body feels. You're fantastic and inspirational. Ha, I thought I was doing good teaching over 40 years; lately and presently, 15 years in Asia :) . I'm a youngster at 69. Love your music; my favorite!

  • @nutrocker62
    @nutrocker62 4 года назад +10

    An inspiring, intelligent. thought provoking man.

  • @jamespeck125
    @jamespeck125 4 года назад +17

    It's beautiful to see someone who cares. And depressing as fuk to realise this is not common anymore...

  • @ctap7767
    @ctap7767 4 года назад +31

    THANK YOU Sir Roger Waters for being WHO you are! 💜😎

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 года назад +1

      Not a knight.
      Dave's got an MBE though.

    • @pfdg6876
      @pfdg6876 4 года назад

      tryptychUK David got an CBE.

    • @vinnievinnie3361
      @vinnievinnie3361 4 года назад

      Thank u 4 seein the Truth. God bless u.

  • @wheelinthesky300
    @wheelinthesky300 3 года назад +2

    Anybody else ever notice how humorous Roger Waters is?
    Lighten up, mate.

  • @monikaewa1000
    @monikaewa1000 4 года назад +3

    I love this man . Such a big talent, such a passion. Legend and hero ; Roger Waters !

  • @m7floyd
    @m7floyd 4 года назад +22

    At 3:00, Roger, they might be all your songs but not most of your music, BIG DIFFERENCE when it comes to Floyd MUSIC!

    • @LoyalOpposition
      @LoyalOpposition 4 года назад +4

      Roger wrote most of the music..

    • @kjek1
      @kjek1 4 года назад +3

      Loyal Opposition for the wall and the final cut yes. But their best songs are all Gilmour and Wright dominated music. He even closes all his shows with Gilmour’s comfortably numb music. Roger is very insecure about it all which is why he’s forever trying to take a disproportionate amount of the credit. I think that’s why he’s so much more immersed in politics now too, he knows he’s a spent force musically and it’s his way of staying relevant . There’s also a reason why his post Floyd work is almost all musically sub-par.

    • @tacticool883
      @tacticool883 4 года назад

      Syd Alan a progression. Without progression they never would of recorded dark side of the moon, animals etc says something pink floyd only managed 2 ok at best albums without roger, 3 if you class endless river as an album

    • @tacticool883
      @tacticool883 4 года назад

      kjek1 the division bell album also has its political moments. I seem to remember also a song named dogs of war on momentary lapse of reason

    • @kjek1
      @kjek1 4 года назад

      Tacticool having a few political songs I’d absolutely fine, but you won’t remember David Gilmour cropping up everywhere and anywhere to tell people of various nationalities who to vote for and how they should be living their lives. Nor will you see him tour the world with a massive political PowerPoint display whilst spending the majority of the show pretending to sing to pre-recorded vocals.

  • @fishhookism
    @fishhookism 4 года назад +21

    It's a beautiful thing to see a real artist fighting against the ruling class and sticking up for the underdog. This man is a true hero.

    • @skypekai
      @skypekai 4 года назад +6

      My favourite part is where he cares so much for the underdog he's charging $200 for tickets to his shows.

    • @MENFUSSMIKE
      @MENFUSSMIKE 4 года назад +2

      @@skypekai shoot more than that. However I have seen his last 2 tours and I never once thought i wasn't getting my money's worth

    • @LoyalOpposition
      @LoyalOpposition 4 года назад +1

      @@skypekai Then you must be such an underdog you didn't spend two minutes to find tickets for $65 like I did.

    • @skypekai
      @skypekai 4 года назад +2

      @@LoyalOpposition congrats but you completely failed to form an argument

  • @BaronSaturday66
    @BaronSaturday66 4 года назад +4

    What an amazing interview. Roger Waters is an inspiration.

  • @horium
    @horium 4 года назад +8

    Roger Waters is a beautiful human being. 🙏

  • @michaelscott9995
    @michaelscott9995 4 года назад +2

    Roger- you are such a talented and intelligent treasure.. Thank you for never being quiet. Please keep pointing out and shouting at all that is wrong and unjust. We are listening...

  • @jeannettesummers1884
    @jeannettesummers1884 4 года назад +4

    I love this man with all my heart. Roger Waters music has always been deep layered genius and he has always been on the right side of history. Using his platform for shining light on truth.

    • @jeannettesummers1884
      @jeannettesummers1884 4 года назад +1

      Did I mention how much I love this man?? 💗🤗💗

    • @ssrs0pus
      @ssrs0pus 4 года назад

      @@jeannettesummers1884"What became of the Black People of Sumer?" the traveler asked the old man. "for ancient records show that the people of Sumer were Black. "What happened to them?" "Ah," the old man sighed. They lost their history, so they died." ~A Sumer Legend
      From...
      The Destruction of Black Civilization, Great Issues of a Race from 4500BC to 2000AD
      by Chancellor Williams

  • @Io1564
    @Io1564 4 года назад +64

    “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
    ― Frank Zappa

    • @LiLi-or2gm
      @LiLi-or2gm 4 года назад +3

      This virus is definitely pulling back the curtain.

    • @Research0digo
      @Research0digo 4 года назад +1

      WOW Was that is a Carson interview - or ? please?

    • @butts359
      @butts359 4 года назад

      this is a very powerful quote

    • @ThomasWilliamsMusik
      @ThomasWilliamsMusik 3 года назад

      @@butts359 Frank was very good at those

  • @percyob1
    @percyob1 4 года назад +3

    I love "old Rog". Brilliant interview. Thank You!

  • @DeborahLArmstrong
    @DeborahLArmstrong 4 года назад +11

    Roger Waters is one of the FEW celebrities who actually GETS what is going on! He sees it clearly and he openly talks about it! And that is why I love him now and have loved him and Pink Floyd for over 30 years! I first watched "The Wall" at Moscow State University in what was then the USSR, with a group of Russian students. They LOVED that movie because it spoke to them about what they had just experienced with the wall coming down, both physically and metaphorically within their own lives. One of those students is a lifelong friend and is now a diplomat with the Russian Foreign Ministry, and he STILL loves Pink Floyd and he went to see Roger Waters recently in concert in Moscow. He believes like I do and it can best be summed up as: FUCK THE PIGS!

  • @duzgud
    @duzgud 4 года назад +10

    Two wrongs never make a right. Lesser evil paves the way to greater evil.

  • @louanneott7014
    @louanneott7014 4 года назад +4

    This interview is just awesome ..I'm with you Roger .got to love it.made my day..love listening to you.

  • @kennylyon1934
    @kennylyon1934 4 года назад +9

    Thank you for interviewing, thanks to him for being interviewed. Brilliant!

  • @nathankay
    @nathankay 4 года назад +11

    I'm a lifelong PF fan, and still have dark side in my CD player in my honda. Yep. Re: Roger... he's brilliant, but a bit annoying and cocky. Dave and Nick seem warmer, like they'd be easier to get along with. It's interesting how many great bands need these polar opposites in their chemical makeup.

  • @billgross2097
    @billgross2097 4 года назад +11

    One thing you can count on with Roger. He's gonna tell you how he feels and most of the time he's right.

  • @EmilyKresl
    @EmilyKresl 2 года назад +1

    Its too bad I was never notified Rogers on tour now 😭 I'd love to see a new interview!!!

  • @lucyhall526
    @lucyhall526 4 года назад +3

    I love Roger so much with his very deep intuative real soul surreal lyrical genius story telling!! He's 1 in a INFINITY💫💜😏It's like we are soul connected in our way of thinking and if I ever could have 1 awesome personal wish of anything in my life (59 yrs. young)! I would want to just meet him and sing 1 song with him! I saw Pink Floyd in 88 when the pig got stuck on the wire when they played, Foxboro Stadium in Mass at the time! Although Roger wasn't with Floyd at that time! That was the only bummer! 🌕🌑💜💋✌💫🎵🎸

  • @EnvyBlu
    @EnvyBlu 3 года назад +1

    I’m so sick and tired of reading comments of people bitching about who is better…Roger or David. For Christ sakes, they are both amazingly talented human beings. They ALL created and contributed to Pink Floyd. And they all have wonderful solo careers. I wish people would stop pitting them against each other and comparing them, and just enjoy their talents and their music.

  • @iandevlin_Ibanez
    @iandevlin_Ibanez 4 года назад +4

    "I hate parties. I don't want to talk to strangers. I don't want to make new friends." Fucking legend.

  • @gittehedegaardlund1532
    @gittehedegaardlund1532 3 года назад +1

    Love ♡ always been here.

  • @ahmadbelial9778
    @ahmadbelial9778 4 года назад +3

    I love this man, what an honest pure soul

  • @synystersalazar92
    @synystersalazar92 3 года назад +2

    Why isnt this above a million views?

  • @annamaedevlin1713
    @annamaedevlin1713 4 года назад +24

    Truly a wonderful person through and through!

    • @wickedhouston5538
      @wickedhouston5538 4 года назад +1

      yeah just dont make him angry

    • @kellyfrancis9598
      @kellyfrancis9598 4 года назад

      @@wickedhouston5538 same as anyone.

    • @jerryhernandez9775
      @jerryhernandez9775 4 года назад +2

      Nice to see him not cut up and slandered by the Zionists

    • @martinlenff324
      @martinlenff324 4 года назад

      @John Roe If you could reach the height of that poop you'd have something to brag about.

    • @kokothegreat5583
      @kokothegreat5583 4 года назад

      @John Roesucks being a nobody

  • @chadelliot2021
    @chadelliot2021 4 года назад +2

    Amazing interview. CALL Dave!! Love you two so much! Reason I picked a guitar up in the US. It’s how I make money, with my guitar. You’re the reason, love from America.

  • @soarornor
    @soarornor 4 года назад +14

    Roger’s best period of songwriting was when he was in his 20’s. He seems to have completely forgotten most of it or seriously undervalued it, but it was his best stuff. He might say he didn’t know what he was doing, but if that’s the case, his naïveté served him and the listener quite well. Way better than his bitter, reactive stuff. His real flowering came about during the making of the More album. So many great songs there. Cirrus Minor, Green Is The Color, The Nile Song, Cymbaline and others. One of the most beautiful songs ever made, Grantchester Meadows, has no equal. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict certainly has no equal. Pillow of Winds and Burning Bridges. So many superb songs in those earlier days. I wish that someday an interesting journalist comes along and gets Roger to talk about it all because his earlier period is extremely interesting and unique. A World Treasure.

    • @MENFUSSMIKE
      @MENFUSSMIKE 4 года назад +4

      Agreed. While I enjoy post Meddle releases, his earlier work ticks all my boxes.

    • @davefink2326
      @davefink2326 4 года назад +2

      Imagine my shock when More and Obscured songs showed up on my 17-yr-old's playlist. She, with the golden ear.

    • @soarornor
      @soarornor 4 года назад +2

      Dave Fink Play her the More album and Grantchester Meadows followed by Several Species. That should really widen her eyes. It sure did that to my 17 year old eyes way back in the day. Discovering the band back then starting at Piper At The Gates of Dawn was the experience. Every new (to me in 1970) album was such a joy to behold, from cover to sound. Then discovering the British version of Piper with three more songs and then Syd’s solo albums and the quirky Roger Waters/Ron Geesin album Music From The Body........well. Those were interesting days. I still cherish it all.

    • @soarornor
      @soarornor 4 года назад +2

      Sugar D And no doubt the band dynamic and contribution of ideas came into play as well. It was a really fruitful period for Roger and being that he didn’t start out as the band’s main songwriter, it’s quite extraordinary how he came forth with such an abundance of high quality, imaginative writing, aided and abetted by such a great band.

    • @soarornor
      @soarornor 4 года назад

      I forgot to mention Julia Dream and Point Me At The Sky. Yep, someday an interviewer of quality who really knows the material should sit down with Roger and really delve deep into that period. It’s one of the most amazing periods of musical creation and Roger, along with the band really delivered quality. To this day it all continues to conjure its magic on new listeners and listeners of old.

  • @theloniouscastaneda
    @theloniouscastaneda 2 года назад +1

    Go Roger!!!!!! You’re one of our great living Freedom Fighters!!

  • @Bob-zr6mr
    @Bob-zr6mr 4 года назад +7

    Love you Roger Waters: See you in 2021.

  • @kennethcarter5720
    @kennethcarter5720 4 года назад +1

    And this interview highlights why I was drawn to pink floyd and why I still follow roger waters ❤️

  • @leftyjoness
    @leftyjoness 4 года назад +5

    Makes me so happy that Roger was rooting for Bernie and it's really nice to know he still lives by the lyrics he wrote decades ago. It's such a damn shame how he's tried to schedule a temporary "truce" with David for the fans but just can't seem to get through to him. Now is the perfect time to heal these old wounds.

  • @KennethJLave
    @KennethJLave 4 года назад +2

    From interviews alone, I would recognize his voice anytime I heard him speak.
    A very distinct, artistic style of dialog.

  • @alanwood5857
    @alanwood5857 4 года назад +6

    Great interview with Roger Waters

  • @RykDavid
    @RykDavid 4 года назад +15

    This is coming from a Floyd fanatic, but ... Amused to Death is the best album I have ever heard. Listen to it (again). Thank you, Roger!

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 года назад

      Agreed, and Jeff Beck walked over Gilmour.

    • @Lend66
      @Lend66 4 года назад +1

      Its a true Pink Floyd album with only Waters name to it 🎶 We all KNOW who PINK FLOYD is after listening to that album ✨

    • @nationradical
      @nationradical 4 года назад +1

      We don’t speak of Radio K.A.O.S!

  • @stanh8071
    @stanh8071 4 года назад +3

    Great music great man and great ethics

  • @Lexwell_Lavers
    @Lexwell_Lavers 4 года назад +3

    The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking is a hidden gem - follows the journey of a young man in a hurry through life, and then slowing down as a wiser man - at the beginning of the album the main character picks up a hitchhiker and by the end of the album he is the hitchhiker literally and metaphorically. It's a very deep album and Clapton couldn't be better, he deserves more attention for the Pros album. It's one of those Waters anthologies, layered musically, lyrically, and metaphorically with perspectives you keep finding each time you listen to it.

  • @jhill2422
    @jhill2422 4 года назад +3

    Great interview -- thanks Roger.

  • @collinstanton
    @collinstanton 4 года назад +2

    Given the weight of truth, this is a marvelous interview💕

  • @georgemaher9224
    @georgemaher9224 4 года назад +3

    Loved it. Would love to have a pint with you Roger. Great interview giving the interviewee an opportunity to express their views unlike the dickeds in the UK - mentioning no names Piers!

  • @Jacquirose607
    @Jacquirose607 2 года назад +1

    I love Roger !!!

  • @charleslittledale7991
    @charleslittledale7991 4 года назад +3

    well said Roger. If only there were more like you

  • @georgemathie8123
    @georgemathie8123 3 года назад +1

    Waters is an intelligent, funny and incredible man and this is such a funny and insightful interview

  • @RayOvacRadio
    @RayOvacRadio 4 года назад +9

    Sir. Roger Waters Thank you for caring!!!

  • @ellagabriella1247
    @ellagabriella1247 4 года назад

    I Love Roger! He ist one Person WHO speak what He feels! Awesome! Great Like a Brother for me! Always i hear him talking or telling i have a big Confidenz to/ with him! Awesome!!!!!!❤️💛💚

  • @Jeffrie_Baer
    @Jeffrie_Baer 4 года назад +4

    They quieted you Roger. Not mad, just very disappointing. :-(
    The new battle should be against the powers that are taking the freedom away from the people and shame on them for intimidating everyone.

  • @cD-vg5go
    @cD-vg5go 3 года назад +1

    Dude , You Are Awsome. Thank You !

  • @rahulbhaskar6790
    @rahulbhaskar6790 4 года назад +3

    How an era is ending. It began in the 60’s with Syd Barrett and it feels like it was yesterday.

  • @infinityy9964
    @infinityy9964 4 года назад +2

    love Roger Waters humanitianism

  • @paulking5665
    @paulking5665 4 года назад +6

    I love the fact that they had a democratic vote on having a democratic vote and they voted no by 2 to 1

    • @neacomicwriter93
      @neacomicwriter93 4 года назад

      Imagine if he proposed Final Cut. Dave had just ordered a restraint order against him

  • @Gavaldo
    @Gavaldo 3 года назад

    This is absolutely amazing Wisdom That we all should Stand by. We are all aspirational but we also are all brothers & sisters who should help one another day To day as time goes by people are more selfish and worry only about themselves. I’m 45 & I can see the difference in the past 15 years the 2 faced political issues and if you’re a part of the system you will be ok if not the your cast down as not worthy when we are all equals. Thanks for your Wisdom Rodger as always a True legitimate Genius & Legend. ☮️✌️☮️

  • @tonybaloney26
    @tonybaloney26 4 года назад +4

    love him even more, doesn't look like i'll see him in july, toronto

  • @ViktorKralovic
    @ViktorKralovic 4 года назад +1

    Excellent interview both of you.

  • @kirtb9784
    @kirtb9784 4 года назад +4

    The millennial just begging for Roger to say we can’t tour til the vaccine... good Lord, that generation expects someone else to make them safe.

  • @tiggydorset9041
    @tiggydorset9041 4 года назад +2

    Absolutely speechless.... The one thing I can say though, Roger Waters is a fucking legend!

  • @jerryhernandez9775
    @jerryhernandez9775 4 года назад +22

    Amused to death is the best concious rock album EVER!

    • @MrSevillian
      @MrSevillian 4 года назад

      His best solo album by far and among the best of his whole music career. Very underrated.

    • @jerryhernandez9775
      @jerryhernandez9775 4 года назад

      @@MrSevillian he would tell you darkside is better. It's easier listening. It's not better

    • @Nanneke9
      @Nanneke9 4 года назад

      Yes, Amazing album!

    • @jerryhernandez9775
      @jerryhernandez9775 4 года назад

      @@Nanneke9 you know how many people who think they're pink floyd fans have never heard of it? It's ridiculous. It's almost undeniably better than anything other than dark side. And i like it better than darkside. But i like music with a message

  • @guyvanburen
    @guyvanburen 4 года назад +2

    I think the wall is the best piece of music ever made. Longevity with the likes of Shakespeare, it will never get old.

  • @ferrete8967
    @ferrete8967 4 года назад +10

    "Would You sell your story to The rolling Stones"...oh what a time to be alive

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 года назад +1

      No, It was "Sell your story to Rolling Stone."
      The magazine, not the band.
      (ie the magazine doing this interview.)

    • @chrisknowlton9460
      @chrisknowlton9460 4 года назад +1

      Its TO ROLLING STONE genius

  • @adabofeverything7120
    @adabofeverything7120 4 года назад +2

    It made my whole year, to FINALLY HEAR ONE OF THE FLOYD MEMBERS IN GENERAL ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE CORPORAL CLEGG, AND HOW ITS A GOOD FUCKING SONG

  • @MrSevillian
    @MrSevillian 4 года назад +7

    Waters sharp as ever. Great job by the interviewer. Many gems in this interview. Best of all, the emphasis on American exceptionalism, the curse of this country. Also, I did not to what point he supported Bernie, but it is now clear. He's disappointed in the DNC like so many more.

  • @AlexTamez
    @AlexTamez 4 года назад +3

    Great interview! Thanks for doing this

  • @JeffRebornNow
    @JeffRebornNow 4 года назад +5

    Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
    And build them a home, a little place of their own.
    The Fletcher Memorial
    Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings.
    And they can appear to themselves every day
    On closed circuit T.V.
    To make sure they're still real.
    It's the only connection they feel ...
    Is everyone in?
    Are you having a nice time?
    Now the final solution can be applied.

  • @paudsmcmack3117
    @paudsmcmack3117 4 года назад +1

    Wow! Roger as the jolly older gentleman! I love it! I would also love to hear a more folksy acoustic based Waters.
    I love his dedication to the craft.

  • @jmthompson437
    @jmthompson437 4 года назад +3

    [sings] "We watched the tragedy unfold
    ...We did as we were told
    We bought and sold
    ...It was the greatest show on earth
    But then it was over
    ...We oohed and aahed
    We drove our racing cars
    ...We ate our last few jars of caviar..."

  • @SamCosentino
    @SamCosentino 4 года назад +1

    One thing about the Floyd that's not fully appreciated -- each of them is/was highly intelligent. That was obviously reflected in Waters's philosophical and deeply relevant lyrics, but also in the Floyd's innovative, emotive and brilliant musical compositions.

    • @LoyalOpposition
      @LoyalOpposition 4 года назад

      Roger wrote 100% of the lyrics and an overwhelming majority of the MUSIC.

    • @carbootstudios2459
      @carbootstudios2459 3 года назад

      @@LoyalOpposition
      Even all the stuff on AHM and Meddle?

  • @mickyhermit4437
    @mickyhermit4437 4 года назад +10

    Pink Floyd started and ended in tragedy (Syd and Rick), and Roger and David not really talking with each other...
    The fans want it to finish the PROPER WAY:
    David and Roger becoming best friends by nature; their memories completely wiped clean from all the beef, and work on a new album TOGETHER surrounding the current global situation under the songwriting credits PINK FLOYD. And then the final bang. THE WALL Tour in late 2021. Then after that, we want Dave Roger and Nick to retire together and spend the rest of time laughing their heads off.
    Sounds like a plan? Yes? 🙂

    • @the_80skid
      @the_80skid 4 года назад +2

      *Never, never, never, never, never gonna' happen... Let it go... Let it go*

    • @lukehumphreys3341
      @lukehumphreys3341 4 года назад +1

      Man I wish this would happen but gotta agree with The Legend 313

    • @mickyhermit4437
      @mickyhermit4437 4 года назад

      Chris Cross I know that. I said “become” best friends, not “become friends again”. And they will be getting back together.
      I’ll see you on the other side 👍

    • @suzetteanne
      @suzetteanne Год назад

      I wish! Well said.

  • @nicholascharles6695
    @nicholascharles6695 4 года назад

    Roger Waters and his clear thinking are always worth listening to.He really hits the nail on the head when he talks about the situation in the United States.

  • @HelpMeFindTheseSongs
    @HelpMeFindTheseSongs 4 года назад +26

    Roger Waters did a five-hour long interview in the 80s where he talked about drugs, the band, his life, everything. Does anyone know where I can find that interview?? Anyone??

    • @WalterFraga
      @WalterFraga 4 года назад +1

      I believe I heard parts of that in the 90s on my loclz rock station. I've been searching for that for a while myself

    • @ThomasWilliamsMusik
      @ThomasWilliamsMusik 4 года назад

      Do you mean the Redbeard interview? It's on youtube somewhere - there are one or two channels which have it up in hour long segments.

    • @HelpMeFindTheseSongs
      @HelpMeFindTheseSongs 4 года назад +1

      @@ThomasWilliamsMusik Hi, thanks for the reply. I can't find anything on "Redbeard Roger Waters" on RUclips. Do you have any links you could share??
      I don't know who conducted the interview I'm talking about. I only heard about it because I saw an old video from the 80s on RUclips of Roger Waters getting frustrated at a journalist for asking boring questions and Roger says "Please listen to my 5-hour-long "XYZ" interview I did recently where I talk about Pink Floyd, drugs, and question you can think of" or something like that. Man, I would love to listen to that interview.

    • @tojoinbobdylan
      @tojoinbobdylan 2 года назад

      @@HelpMeFindTheseSongs He said it was with a guy called Jim Ladd, this could be part of it ruclips.net/video/wxtT9ZT75vs/видео.html